Ukraine is now in the business of assassinating those in charge of safety at nuclear power plants.
Late last night, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated: “On July 15, Ukraine committed yet another bloody crime, deliberately directing drones to strike a Zaporozhskaya NPP service vehicle carrying Chief Engineer of the NPP Alexander Yakovlev. His professional activities were directly connected with the nuclear safety and physical security of the plant, which has been a target of regular Ukrainian attacks and provocations... This criminal action by Kiev is yet another attempt to threaten the safe functioning of the Zaporozhskaya NPP and intimidate its personnel.” It added that such actions are those of a “Nazi Bandera regime” blackmailing “its Western masters” for “more money and weapons.” But the masters, in facilitating such craziness, are “thereby becoming an accomplice to the crimes committed by the Kiev gang.”
The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant posted on its Telegram channel: “This is the murder of a specialist who devoted his life to nuclear energy and was responsible daily for the safe operation of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, which is part of Rosatom. It is such people who ensure nuclear and radiation safety, on which the safety of millions of people depends—residents of the Zaporozhye region, Russia, Ukraine and the whole of Europe... Killing an atomic scientist is a crime that cannot be justified. This is an attack not only on human life, but also on the very principle of the safety of nuclear facilities, which must always remain outside politics and violence.”
